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  • Post #31 - March 24th, 2008, 8:20 pm
    Post #31 - March 24th, 2008, 8:20 pm Post #31 - March 24th, 2008, 8:20 pm
    Yes. I see those bready ones and think "a poppyseed knish?" They just look amazingly wrong to me.
    Leek

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  • Post #32 - March 17th, 2011, 4:46 am
    Post #32 - March 17th, 2011, 4:46 am Post #32 - March 17th, 2011, 4:46 am
    Seems like time to bump this thread.

    What I am looking for most is neither the cookie style nor the bready style but the yeast-risen pastry style -- if you think triangular danish filled with poppyseeds or prunes you won't be far off.
  • Post #33 - March 17th, 2011, 5:07 pm
    Post #33 - March 17th, 2011, 5:07 pm Post #33 - March 17th, 2011, 5:07 pm
    LAZ wrote:Seems like time to bump this thread.

    What I am looking for most is neither the cookie style nor the bready style but the yeast-risen pastry style -- if you think triangular danish filled with poppyseeds or prunes you won't be far off.


    Let me know when you find them - I love the yeast dough poppyseed ones.
    Jyoti
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  • Post #34 - March 17th, 2011, 5:45 pm
    Post #34 - March 17th, 2011, 5:45 pm Post #34 - March 17th, 2011, 5:45 pm
    Hmm. No idea if this is what you want, but I googled "purim yeast triangle".... most of these below have at least one recipe for a yeasted dough.

    http://www.jewishmag.com/121mag/hamanta ... aschen.htm
    http://www.jewishdayton.org/page.aspx?id=238581
    http://purim.spike-jamie.com/recipes1.html
    Leek

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  • Post #35 - March 17th, 2011, 6:17 pm
    Post #35 - March 17th, 2011, 6:17 pm Post #35 - March 17th, 2011, 6:17 pm
    Tried a Bennison's cookie-dough prune hamentasch today--a large triangle of their usual butter cookie, scalloped sides folded in, with a decent amount of prune filling poking out, sprinkled with a few sliced almonds. In other words, it was what we might call a fancy schmancy hamentasch, and it was good, but it's still a cookie dough triangle, and I'm on the yeast-dough hamentaschen team. And at $1.56 a piece, even for a large one, I can pass this treat up.
  • Post #36 - March 17th, 2011, 9:21 pm
    Post #36 - March 17th, 2011, 9:21 pm Post #36 - March 17th, 2011, 9:21 pm
    leek wrote:Hmm. No idea if this is what you want, but I googled "purim yeast triangle".... most of these below have at least one recipe for a yeasted dough.

    http://www.jewishmag.com/121mag/hamanta ... aschen.htm
    http://www.jewishdayton.org/page.aspx?id=238581
    http://purim.spike-jamie.com/recipes1.html

    Thanks. I'm looking for places to buy them already made.
  • Post #37 - March 18th, 2011, 4:51 pm
    Post #37 - March 18th, 2011, 4:51 pm Post #37 - March 18th, 2011, 4:51 pm



    Picked up some hamentashen today from Shalom Bakery in Buffalo Grove. They have both the cookie style and the "poppyseed knish" style (but not the pastry variety). I thought both of these were better than Kaufman's, shown upthread. Also better than some cookie kind we got earlier this week from Max's Deli in Highland Park. Not sure where Max's gets theirs -- I don't think they do their own baking.

    The Shalom cookies have a nice sandy texture to the dough and the poppyseed filling was very good. The bread-roll style features a tender, challah-like dough. I so far have tasted apricot, which was OK, and cherry, which seemed much like canned pie filling. We also picked up some rye bread, which had nice caraway flavor but was too squishy.

    Shalom has closed for the sabbath but will be open on Sunday. (Purim ends at sunset Sunday.)

    Shalom Kosher Bakery
    1165 N Arlington Heights Road
    Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
    847-808-9300
  • Post #38 - March 18th, 2011, 5:13 pm
    Post #38 - March 18th, 2011, 5:13 pm Post #38 - March 18th, 2011, 5:13 pm
    Another source for cookie-style is Mizrahi Grill, which sells ones filled with honey and walnuts.

    Disclaimer: I haven't tried them.
  • Post #39 - March 18th, 2011, 5:53 pm
    Post #39 - March 18th, 2011, 5:53 pm Post #39 - March 18th, 2011, 5:53 pm
    Bulldog Bakery posted availability on Facebook. Don't know what variety.

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  • Post #40 - March 18th, 2011, 6:18 pm
    Post #40 - March 18th, 2011, 6:18 pm Post #40 - March 18th, 2011, 6:18 pm
    Bulldog said cookie style when I talked to them last week. I didn't ask about fillings.
  • Post #41 - March 18th, 2011, 8:40 pm
    Post #41 - March 18th, 2011, 8:40 pm Post #41 - March 18th, 2011, 8:40 pm
    Cabbagehead picked up some hamentaschen from Levinson's Bakery on Devon this afternoon. They are similar to the Kaufman's style shown upthread, but are, I think, less bready, with a larger filling to dough ratio. They're quite good and were happily eaten by my son's friends. His Polish friend said, "Oh, they're like paczkis!" He acknowledged the dough is somewhat different, though.

    I tried prune and apricot, but there were also cherry and poppy seed. Unfortunately, the poppy seed one didn't make it into the bag. Levinson's makes cookie style hamentaschen as well, as several elderly customers were ascertaining at some length in the store this afternoon.

    Levinson's Bakery
    2856 West Devon Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60659-1513
    (773) 761-3174
  • Post #42 - March 18th, 2011, 11:36 pm
    Post #42 - March 18th, 2011, 11:36 pm Post #42 - March 18th, 2011, 11:36 pm
    EvA wrote:His Polish friend said, "Oh, they're like paczkis!" He acknowledged the dough is somewhat different, though.

    Those from Shalom were even more paczki-like, being sweeter, although of course not fried.

    Speaking of fried -- has anyone spotted any oznei haman? Somebody I know makes these from puff pastry.
  • Post #43 - March 19th, 2011, 11:15 am
    Post #43 - March 19th, 2011, 11:15 am Post #43 - March 19th, 2011, 11:15 am
    LAZ wrote:
    EvA wrote:His Polish friend said, "Oh, they're like paczkis!" He acknowledged the dough is somewhat different, though.

    Those from Shalom were even more paczki-like, being sweeter, although of course not fried.

    Speaking of fried -- has anyone spotted any oznei haman? Somebody I know makes these from puff pastry.

    Of course, hamentaschen aren't fried, but there are similarities... Haven't seen ozenei hamen, but would love to try them.
  • Post #44 - March 19th, 2011, 3:08 pm
    Post #44 - March 19th, 2011, 3:08 pm Post #44 - March 19th, 2011, 3:08 pm
    Levinson's had both the pastry and yeast versions. The yeast version which I tried was rather disappointing - too doughy and not enough filling.
    Jyoti
    A meal, with bread and wine, shared with friends and family is among the most essential and important of all human rituals.
    Ruhlman
  • Post #45 - March 19th, 2011, 11:49 pm
    Post #45 - March 19th, 2011, 11:49 pm Post #45 - March 19th, 2011, 11:49 pm
    LAZ wrote:The bread-roll style features a tender, challah-like dough. I so far have tasted apricot, which was OK, and cherry, which seemed much like canned pie filling.

    On second taste, maybe it's strawberry ... it just tastes red. I don't recommend that flavor, but the apricot and poppyseed were pretty good, if a little too sweet. For the style, the ratio of filling to dough is fine.

    Himself, who actually did the shopping, reports that Shalom also sells an 8-inch version.

    I don't understand why no one here does the triangular danish-like kind, though. I never saw the knish style till I came to Chicago.
  • Post #46 - March 20th, 2011, 7:38 am
    Post #46 - March 20th, 2011, 7:38 am Post #46 - March 20th, 2011, 7:38 am
    Has anyone taken a picture of the Argo bakery ones?
    Leek

    SAVING ONE DOG may not change the world,
    but it CHANGES THE WORLD for that one dog.
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  • Post #47 - March 21st, 2011, 12:50 pm
    Post #47 - March 21st, 2011, 12:50 pm Post #47 - March 21st, 2011, 12:50 pm
    Just saw this and thought any math nerds on LTH might enjoy seeing it

    (boingboing) How to: Make a hamantaschen Sierpinski triangle
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  • Post #48 - March 21st, 2011, 1:24 pm
    Post #48 - March 21st, 2011, 1:24 pm Post #48 - March 21st, 2011, 1:24 pm
    EvA wrote:
    LAZ wrote:
    EvA wrote:His Polish friend said, "Oh, they're like paczkis!" He acknowledged the dough is somewhat different, though.

    Those from Shalom were even more paczki-like, being sweeter, although of course not fried.

    Speaking of fried -- has anyone spotted any oznei haman? Somebody I know makes these from puff pastry.

    Of course, hamentaschen aren't fried, but there are similarities... Haven't seen ozenei hamen, but would love to try them.


    They're much closer to kolacki.

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  • Post #49 - February 22nd, 2013, 3:57 pm
    Post #49 - February 22nd, 2013, 3:57 pm Post #49 - February 22nd, 2013, 3:57 pm
    I'm still looking for the kind of hamantaschen that are like triangular danish. I mostly see the cookie type and a few places do the triangular rolls with filling, but I never see the danish type. They were the hamantaschen we always had when I was a kid in Detroit.

    Purim kind of snuck up on me this year, but next year I may try to special order some. I'd assume anybody who can make a danish could make them.

    A freilachen Purim, everyone!
  • Post #50 - February 22nd, 2013, 4:32 pm
    Post #50 - February 22nd, 2013, 4:32 pm Post #50 - February 22nd, 2013, 4:32 pm
    I've always preferred the hamantashen made from a short pastry (like a sugar cookie dough), rather than the ones made from a raised dough (like a danish). In the greater NYC area I've seen both, but the short pastry ones are far more common; there, they're also generally available year round, rather than only around Purim which seems to be the case in Chicagoland.

    Bennison's in Evanston currently has the ones made from short pastry, available through this Sunday, in five flavors: poppyseed, prune (with slivered almonds), apricot, raspberry, and apple. See the photo below as well as these links to their website. They're excellent!

    I recently tried a poppyseed one from Kaufman's, whose hamantashen are made from a raised dough. It was nothing great, rather tasteless and skimpy on the filling. Which is unusual at Kaufman's; I find most of their baked goods are excellent, including items they have only started carrying since they re-opened. Their bread pudding is outstanding!

    It's ironic that Bennison's makes Jewish-oriented pastries that are better and more authentic than Kaufman's. (This is also true of their black-and-whites, also pictured below.)

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  • Post #51 - February 22nd, 2013, 6:04 pm
    Post #51 - February 22nd, 2013, 6:04 pm Post #51 - February 22nd, 2013, 6:04 pm
    nsxtasy wrote:It's ironic that Bennison's makes Jewish-oriented pastries that are better and more authentic than Kaufman's.

    You may prefer the short pastry, but it's not true that it's more authentic. This was an Eastern European pastry that was traditionally made with a yeast dough. Of course, in the US, many make it with the short pastry.
  • Post #52 - February 23rd, 2013, 1:04 pm
    Post #52 - February 23rd, 2013, 1:04 pm Post #52 - February 23rd, 2013, 1:04 pm
    nsxtasy wrote:
    I recently tried a poppyseed one from Kaufman's, whose hamantashen are made from a raised dough. It was nothing great, rather tasteless and skimpy on the filling. Which is unusual at Kaufman's; I find most of their baked goods are excellent, including items they have only started carrying since they re-opened. Their bread pudding is outstanding!


    A week ago I bought several Kaufman's yeast hamantashen with poppyseed and found them to be excellent with ample poppyseed. They were as good as I remember from previous years. My wife (who is not Jewish) also likes them very much. I returned to buy a larger supply, much of which we froze for future enjoyment.

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  • Post #53 - February 24th, 2018, 9:22 am
    Post #53 - February 24th, 2018, 9:22 am Post #53 - February 24th, 2018, 9:22 am
    nsxtasy wrote:I've always preferred the hamantashen made from a short pastry (like a sugar cookie dough), rather than the ones made from a raised dough (like a danish).

    Yesterday Levinson's in West Rogers Park had both kinds, short pastry and raised dough. Fillings included poppyseed, prune, apple, cherry, apricot, and cheese.

    I got a poppyseed short pastry one, shown below on a 6" diameter plate. It was awesome, with a delicious filling, the perfect balance between filling and crust, and a crust that was crumbly but not inconveniently so, sweet but not too sweet, and oh so rich. It was, quite simply, the best hamantashen I've ever had in my life.

    Purim begins this coming Wednesday night.

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  • Post #54 - February 27th, 2018, 6:46 pm
    Post #54 - February 27th, 2018, 6:46 pm Post #54 - February 27th, 2018, 6:46 pm
    nsxtasy wrote:Yesterday Levinson's in West Rogers Park had both kinds, short pastry and raised dough. Fillings included poppyseed, prune, apple, cherry, apricot, and cheese.

    Short pastry hamantashen:
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    Raised dough hamantashen:
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  • Post #55 - February 27th, 2018, 11:01 pm
    Post #55 - February 27th, 2018, 11:01 pm Post #55 - February 27th, 2018, 11:01 pm
    Last week I was at Kaufman's which had both kinds of Hamantaschen. I bought a number of the raised dough (they call it yeast) in poppy seed, apricot and prune. They were excellent. The dough was very light and airy, almost like a croissant.
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  • Post #56 - September 17th, 2021, 6:07 pm
    Post #56 - September 17th, 2021, 6:07 pm Post #56 - September 17th, 2021, 6:07 pm
    Once in a while you'll find hamantashen outside of the Purim season of February-March. I bought these, in the cookie-dough style I prefer, today at New York Bagel & Bialy on Dempster in Skokie. They're delicious!
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  • Post #57 - January 12th, 2022, 8:29 pm
    Post #57 - January 12th, 2022, 8:29 pm Post #57 - January 12th, 2022, 8:29 pm
    I know it isn't Purim yet, and I'm not Jewish, but for some reason, I want to make Hamantashen. However it is spelled. I found Joan Nathan's cookie dough based recipe, which is the kind I want to start with. Anyone have a "better" recipe, or one they really, really like and are willing to give me a copy of it? Or a link to it?

    I'll try yeast based ones another time.

    Oh, did Susan ever find a recipe for the lemon filling she loved? (I think it was Susan.) It sounds yummy. I'm going to try some lemon curd, unless anyone has a better idea.

    Thanks
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  • Post #58 - January 18th, 2022, 8:49 pm
    Post #58 - January 18th, 2022, 8:49 pm Post #58 - January 18th, 2022, 8:49 pm
    Well I used Joan Nathan's recipe. Like the dough, not the filling. My friends did like the filling. Need to make more, for practice, but I'll do a strawberry, and a chocolate filling - if I can find directions for that.
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  • Post #59 - February 24th, 2022, 11:51 am
    Post #59 - February 24th, 2022, 11:51 am Post #59 - February 24th, 2022, 11:51 am
    nsxtasy wrote:Yesterday Levinson's in West Rogers Park had both kinds, short pastry and raised dough. Fillings included poppyseed, prune, apple, cherry, apricot, and cheese.

    I got a poppyseed short pastry one, shown below on a 6" diameter plate. It was awesome, with a delicious filling, the perfect balance between filling and crust, and a crust that was crumbly but not inconveniently so, sweet but not too sweet, and oh so rich. It was, quite simply, the best hamantashen I've ever had in my life.

    They're back! At least, the cookie-like short pastry ones are. This morning Levinson's had all six fillings listed above. Yum!
  • Post #60 - February 24th, 2022, 8:38 pm
    Post #60 - February 24th, 2022, 8:38 pm Post #60 - February 24th, 2022, 8:38 pm
    Yesterday I was at Kaufman's in Skokie. I asked if they had hamantashen and was told they will start about 1½ weeks before Purim which begins the evening of March 16th this year.

    That means they should start production about March 7.
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